The Oregon women’s club water polo team had a great weekend, winning its regional tournament and defeating some tough teams in the process.
First, the Ducks demolished Oregon State, 18-2. Then, Oregon defeated Washington, the defending national champions,11-8. Next up, Western Washington lost dead in the water, 15-3, and the Ducks’ final win came against Simon Frasier.
“They did an outstanding job, and it was a good team effort,” Oregon coach Lea Bonebrake said.
The weekend leaves the Ducks sitting pretty with the No. 1 seed going into the championship tournament, where they will face the same teams as this weekend. In order for the Oregon women to go to nationals, they must win the championships.
“We can’t be satisfied with this weekend,” Bonebrake said. “We need to keep the hunger.”

Men’s Rugby wins Civil War
Well, through it all, the Oregon men’s rugby team didn’t advance to the national tournament.
But things did end on a positive note, with the Ducks defeating arch-rival Oregon State, 29-25, this past weekend.
“We gave them the scores that they got, and we are a way better team,” Oregon coach Bob Snyder said.
The Ducks did their part in doing what they had to, but needed Washington to defeat Central Washington and it just didn’t work. Central won that game against the Huskies 16-12.
“It was a great season, and we are looking forward to next season already,” Snyder said.
The men still have a few more games, though, and will play Colorado at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Southbank Field.
Last fall, the Ducks were spanking Central 31-5 at halftime, but the Wildcats came back strong to win that game in the end. If the Ducks had won, would they have made nationals? No one will ever know.

Men’s Baseball goes 0-3 to open season
Strike 1, 2, 3… and you’re out.
This is what happened to the Oregon men’s baseball team as it went 0-3 in weekend play.
The Ducks first played Utah State and lost 4-2, after the score was tied at 2-2 in the 6th inning. Then Eastern Washington scored three runs in the top of the seventh and the Ducks could only answer with one run and were defeated 4-5. Strike 3 came against Montana, where the men lost 10-0.
“We played exceptional, but the late innings cost us,” Oregon player/coach Kurt Langworthy said.
Many of the men stepped up, though, and played strong, including catcher Keyon Maljai and along with center fielder Shanti Perry and first basemen Ryan O’Donnell, who were both strong hitters. Pitcher Regan Schaller allowed only two runs in five innings against Utah and pitcher Langworthy went four innings, allowing no runs against Washington.
The Ducks have some work to do on offense, according to Langworthy, but there is still a long season ahead.